Bryan Heitkotter Wins U.S. GT Academy 2011

Brian Heitkotter (GTXf_CudaMan) has just been announced as winner of the first U.S. GT Academy! The win comes at a great time for 30-year-old Brian, who is bouncing back in a big way after having been laid off from his former job as a delivery driver in California. Now, he gets a quick break at home before returning to England, where he’ll continue training throughout the summer with Nissan for the 24 Hours of Dubai next January. Congratulations, Brian!

Congratulations, hopefully he will get as far as Lucas ordonez and be in Le Mans.

Jun. 9, 4:12pm

José

Congratulations Good luck in the future!

Jun. 9, 1:14am

Lord Nicon

He has come a long way from gran dorifto (gt3), and even then he was awesome. Congrats man. Passion and persistence paid off.

Jun. 7, 11:57am

Nick G

A 30 year old unemployed pizza boy? Congrats dude!

Jun. 7, 5:53pm

Ealid

I hear he has to drive with a thermal bag next to him, a big plastic sign for the sponsor on top, and twenty dollars worth of singles in his suit, and every time he pits in, they have to tip him well, or he’ll “get lost” for the next 50 laps…….XD

J/K Congrats Brian!

Jun. 7, 11:46am

Danny

Congrats Brian, I’m sure you will be the best GT Academy winner to date, excellent job.

Jun. 7, 10:58am

ken_b

Congrats Brian! I completely agree with you LeftyWright! I am happy to see a fellow Cali made it to the top…,now back to practice for the next opportunity!!

Jun. 7, 10:50am

LeftyWright

I don’t feel so bad that I got taken out in the first round from the west given the fact that a fellow Californian took the whole thing. Great Job Brian, you earned it.

Jun. 7, 10:19am

Sphinx

Congrats CM.

Fantastic achievement, well done!

Jun. 7, 7:18am

Stune

Well done

Jun. 7, 6:57am

praggia

This is really awesome stuff congrats to the winner and props to Sony and PD for organising such a great event and giving these guys a chance at a successful career in motorsport…..well done.

Jun. 7, 3:44am

Gt3luke

Heitkotter??, If someone would said that he is the winner of the German GT Academy, I would have believed that too.

Jun. 7, 3:31am

Erik

Awesome! This sort of confirms my prejudices about American delivery drivers ;)

Jun. 7, 3:18am

oscarGT5

Best GT Academy winner yet.. unlike all the other nerd kids..lol

Jun. 8, 11:16pm

R1600Turbo

Lucas and Jordan are hardly nerds…

Jun. 7, 1:35am

HighPlainaDrftr

Very Cool.

Jun. 7, 12:31am

chriz00

Woot! Representing California!!

:*)

Jun. 7, 12:24am

Talon

What’s with the winners all taking goofy pictures? :P

Really though, good job and congrats.

Jun. 6, 11:33pm

Tuddle

Congrats brian, good luck in england :D

Jun. 6, 11:30pm

toyomatt84

Huge congratulations, bud. That’s fantastic!

Jun. 6, 11:22pm

Rosebudteg

Did I hear that right? He said his screen name was “GTXf Cudaman” but the screen said GTZf Cudaman. Am I just hearing things?

Jun. 6, 11:17pm

AnPrionsaBeag

“Laid off from his former job as a delivery driver”: not fast enough?

Jun. 6, 10:15pm

Mad94d

Congratulations to Bryan! I know he’s a jet on iRacing so cool to see him having success on GT5!

Jun. 6, 9:55pm

BWX

Wow, congrats! I’ll watch the show on SPEED. I won’t be on speed while watching.

Jun. 6, 9:09pm

Champion Motorsports

Champion Motorsports, one of Bryan’s primary sim racing leagues would like to congratulate him on this huge accomplishment!!!! Way to go Bryan, we are very proud of you!!!!!!!! YEAH!

Jun. 6, 8:52pm

Old_Man_Xander

props yo

Jun. 6, 8:43pm

R1600Turbo

Someone at Sony let it slip. Naughty Naughty.

Jun. 6, 7:24pm

Panchito401

Congrats man! I remember racing him a few times!

Jun. 6, 7:09pm

Brandon

Congratulations man. For some reason when I read your name months ago I had a feeling you would win. Heitkotter just sounds like a winning name.

Jun. 6, 6:40pm

outlaw4rc

Congratulations and good luck! We’ll be cheering for you!

Jun. 6, 6:31pm

GTP_Davey07-O37

Congratulations Brian. All the best to you for your future in motor racing, and will check in on you at Dubai 24HRS next year…;-))…

Jun. 6, 6:27pm

Rod_Sauzer

Congratulations to Brian… extremely impressive feat given the competition.

Well I guess that takes some of the suspense away from the TV show (of course I’ll still watch)!

Jun. 6, 6:15pm

occasionalracer

Right on… enjoy the summer Brian!

Jun. 6, 5:40pm

RADracing

Good luck Brian! May you deliver checkered flags and podium trophies to PD in your new venture.

Jun. 6, 5:34pm

Brad Kinder

Do we know when a new patch might be released, yet?

Jun. 6, 5:46pm

Really?

Obviously not. Jeeez, like spamming here is going to get you a date for the patch . Facepalm.